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P 300333 Z MAY 73
FM AMEMBASSY SAIGON
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 2341
INFO USDEL JEC PARIS PRIORITY

CONFIDENTIAL SAIGON 9506

E. O. 11652: GDS
TAGS: PINT VS

SUBJ: CEASEFIRE AND POLITICAL SITREP MR I. X PLUS 121, MAY 29, 1973

FOLLOWING RECEIVED FROM AMCONSUL DANANG BEING REPEATED

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DANANG 0589

E. O. 11652: GDS
TAGS: PINT VS

SUBJ: CEASEFIRE AND POLITICAL SITREP MR I. X PLUS 121, MAY 29,

1973

1. SECURITY SITUATION:

THE LEVEL OF COMBAT REMAINED LOW WITH 15 COMMUNIST CEASEFIRE VIO-
LATIONS REPORTED, INCLUDING 2 GROUND ATTACKS, 10 ATTACKS BY FIRE
( ABF) WITH 95 MORTAR ROUNDS, AND 3 HARASSING INCIDENTS. 3 RD
BATTALION, 3 RD REGIMENT FIRST DIVISION. RECEIVED 2 ABFS IN THE
VICINITY OF KIM QUY WEST OF HUE. THE 61 ST RANGER BATTALION
RECEIVED AN ABF AND SKIRMISHED WITH THE ENEMY SOUTH OF NGHIA
HANH DISTRICT TOWN, RESULTING IN 4 FRIENDLY WIA AND 5 ENEMY KI A.
REGION- WIDE CASUALTIES WERE, FRIENDLY : 1 KIA, 10 WIA; ENEMY:

22 KIA, 3 RETURNEES. FRIENDLY ARTILLERY FIRED A TOTAL OF 1519
ROUNDS, 398 NORTH OF HAI VAN PASS 1121 SOUTH.

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2. GVN ACTIVITIES: RTV AND RESETTLEMENT

POLOFF QUANG NGAI REPORTS THAT ON MAY 24-25 SOME 5000 REFUGEES
RETURNED TO THEIR VILLAGES ( RTV) IN EASTERN BINH SON DISTRICT,

ABOUT 20 KILOMETERS NORTH- NORTHEAST OF QUANG NGAI CITY. SINCE
ROADS TO THIS AREA HAVE NOT YET BEEN SECURED, THE REFUGEES
TRAVELLED BY SAMPAN FROM BINH SON DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS DOWN THE
TRA BONG RIVER AND THEN DOWN TTE COAST. SUPPLIES WILL HAVE TO
COME IN BY THE SAME ROUTE. THESE PEOPLE ARE PART OF A TOTAL OF
10,000 RTVING DURING THE PAST MONTH, AS A PART OF THE GVN GOAL
OF RESETTLING 60,000 DISPLACED PERSONS IN QUANG NGAI BY THE END
OF 1973.

3. GVN POLITICAL ACTIVITIES

POLOFF HUE REPORTS THAT THE THUA THIEN DEPUTY PROVINCE CHIEF FOR
ADMINISTRATION AND CHAIRMAN OF ELECTIONS, HO VAN CUONG, CLAIMS TO
BE SUPERVISING THE DETERMINATION OF CANDIDATE SLATES BY BOTH
DISTRICT AND VILLAGE OFFICIALS OF THE DEMOCRACY PARTY ( DP)

AND BY LEADERS OF OTHER PARTIES IN ORDER TO ASSURE THAT THE
OLDER PARTIES WIN A REASONABLE SHARE OF VILLAGE COUNCIL SEATS.

4. COMMUNIST MILITARY ACTIVITIES:

ACCORDING TO SECTOR INTELLIGENCE REPORTS MADE AVAILABLE TO POLOFF
QUANG NGAI, NLF COMMANDERS ARE STRENGTHENING LOCAL FORCE AND
GUERRILLA UNITS AND ORDERING LOCAL COMMANDERS TO ACHIEVE A MORE
SATISFACTORY RESISTANCE TO GVN ENCROACHMENTS ON TERRITORY
OCCUPIED

BY THE COMMUNISTS DURING LAST YEAR' S OFFENSIVE. THE 30 TH AND
107(# )9:-) *94:3 ?-55-)89, , REPORTEDLY ISSUED NEW SUPPLIES OF
WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION ( INCLUDING 12.7 MM ANTI- AIRCRAFT GUNS),

ARE TO PREPARE ATTACKS IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER UNITS TO DISRUPT
GVN RETURN TO VILLAGE PLANS IN EASTERN BINH SON AND SON TINH
DISTRICTS ( CF. PARA. 2 ABOVE). UNDER CONTINUOUS PRESSURE
DURING THE PAST BHREE MONTHS FROM 6 TH ARVN REGIMENT, HOWEVER, THE
107 TH, BY MEANS OF A VC RADIO TRANSMISSION MONITORED BY SECTOR,
REQUESTED PERMISSION TO WITHDRAW FOR RETRAINING AND WAS REFUSED
BY HIGHER AUTHORITY.

5. ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES:

LIAISON OFFICER DANANG REPORTS THAT SOME 2,1 00 PERSONS, ALMOST
ENTIRELY QUANG TRI REFUGEES, ARE NOW BEING EMPLOYED BY THE AGENCY
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DANANG AREA ( ADDA) ( REF DANANG 286
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AND 533). ONE NEW PROJECT INVOLVES PLANTING TREE SEEDLINGS FOR
TRANSPLANTING THIS SEPTEMBER TO THE HAI VAN PASS AREA NORTHWEST
OF DANANG. THIS REFORESTATION IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE AN INCOME
RETURN BEGINNING IN ABOUT TEN YEARS. BROWN UNQUOTE
WHITEHOUSE

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